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As many as 7,000 refugees from Sudan and Kenya have begun pouring into Israel through lax border crossings with Egypt. In the last year, Egyptian soldiers have killed five people — and possibly dozens more, reports Sheera Frenkel.

Some environmentalists in China say that disposable wooden chopsticks are contributing to deforestation. China's government has recently slapped a tax on disposable chopsticks and urged restaurants not to use them.

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid picked up a key endorsement Monday from Sen. Edward Kennedy — along with some other Kennedys. Sen. Kennedy, a major Democratic player for decades, had been courted by the Clintons, who requested that he remain neutral.

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Crowds rioted, burning homes and looting shops, in Kenya on Saturday as the country awaited the results of Thursday's presidential election. The race pitted the incumbent president against a charismatic populist.

After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in federal camps. Internment changed the traditional Japanese diet and erased the family table.

Exit polls are showing Lee Myung-bak, a conservative former mayor of Seoul, winning South Korea's presidential election. Voters overlooked fraud allegations in hope that the former Hyundai CEO will revive the economy. Lee, of the Grand National Party, received 50.3 percent of the vote.

Senators want to know why the CIA videotaped the interrogation of terrorism suspects — and whether the CIA was trying to hide harsh methods of interrogation when it destroyed the tapes. CIA director Michael Hayden is scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Independent from Connecticut, is a leading voice in the Senate in favor of aggressive action against Iran. Last week, the U.S. imposed sanctions, and there is growing anxiety in Washington and Tehran that the White House is gearing up for an attack.